H8085G–שָׁמַע–sha.ma

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (יִּשְׁמְעוּ֙) i.yish.me.'U “they obeyed”

And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

שְׁמָע֖וּנִי (שְׁמָע֖וּ) she.ma.'U. “listen to”

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

שְׁמָע֕וּנִי (שְׁמָע֕וּ) she.ma.'U. “listen to”

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new a

וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (שְׁמֹ֨עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע (יִּשְׁמַ֨ע) i.yish.Ma' “he listened”

Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.

כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ (שְׁמֹ֣עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

שִׁמְע֣וּ shim.'U “hear”

And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.

שִׁמְע֖וּ shim.'U “listen”

If evil comes on us, the sword, or punishment, or disease, or need of food, we will come to this house and to you, (for your name is in this house,) crying to you in our trouble, and you will give us salvation in answer to our cry.

וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע (תִשְׁמַ֥ע) tish.Ma' “you may hear”

And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will b

שְׁמָע֗וּנִי (שְׁמָע֗וּ) she.ma.'U. “listen to”

And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

בְּשָׁמְעָ֕ם (שָׁמְעָ֕) sha.me.'A “heard”

Now Athaliah, hearing the noise of the people running and praising the king, came to the people in the house of the Lord:

וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע (תִּשְׁמַ֣ע) tish.Ma' “she heard”

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.

שָׁמַ֥ע sha.Ma' “he listened”

But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destructi

שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ sha.Ma'.ta “you have listened”

But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.

שָׁמַ֣ע sha.Ma' “he listened”

And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.

שְׁמָע֔וּנִי (שְׁמָע֔וּ) she.ma.'U. “listen to”

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

שְׁמָע֣וּנִי (שְׁמָע֣וּ) she.ma.'U. “listen to”

And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (יִּשְׁמַ֤ע) i.yish.Ma' “he listened”

Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

וַיִּשָּׁמַ֖ע (יִּשָּׁמַ֖ע) i.yi.sha.Ma' “it was listened”

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (יִּשְׁמַ֣ע) i.yish.Ma' “he heard”

And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ (שְׁמֹ֣עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

שָׁמָֽעְתָּ׃ sha.Ma.'e.ta “you have heard”

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

בְּשָׁמְעֲךָ֤ (שָׁמְעֲ) sha.me.'a. “hearing”שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי sha.Ma'.ti “I have heard”

However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

שָׁמַ֛ע sha.Ma' “he listened”

So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.

נִשְׁמַ֖ע nish.Ma' “it was heard”